As Bungie continues to tease out the release of Destiny 2: The Final Shape , it has finally unveiled how Keith David ( The Thing , Halo , Mass Effect ) will sound when he assumes the mantle of Commander Zavala. Zavala, a key character in the Destiny series, had been played by the beloved actor Lance Reddick until last year, when he tragically passed from coronary heart disease. As part of the upcoming expansion’s marketing cycle, Bungie is in the midst of releasing a series of short documentaries on the making of The Final Shape .

The first part of this doc, which debuted on May 23, contains two brief scenes debuting David as Zavala. They are, predictably, a gut punch. BREAKING: First look at Keith David’s ( @ImKeithDavid ) Commander Zavala in Destiny 2 The Final Shape.

pic.twitter.com/aAY1J7JHuA The first scene, which comes about three minutes into the first part of the ViDoc , features Zavala telling an unseen character that he would’ve given anything to bring them back.

He is presumably talking to Cayde-6, a character who was killed off in 2018’s Forsaken expansion and with whom Zavala had a close relationship (who is returning and will be voiced, once again, by Nathan Fillion). Later on, there is another cutscene of Zavala telling his fellow vanguard Ikora Rey that he won’t “lose another soldier in this war.” It’s impossible not to read the lines as the game’s developers and fans alike wishing Reddick could still be here for this momentous moment in the .